Agricoltura, Juan Enriquez: Using biology to rethink the energy challenge
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http://www.ted.com Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.
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he think you can stabilize oil prices? HAH - that'll happen the day the United states has a president that isn't paid for by corporations ;)
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monsanto is going to buy up all those companies and their patents and bury them under 6-feet deep of GMO cancer causing / bee killing pesticide
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I could have given a more coherent presentation faster without people hearing me gasp for air. It was pretty bad.
Since this presentation, australia has introduced a carbon tax but it will be dumped soon when the conservative party is reelected. It is best to assume a free market.
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He favors a government imposed price floor. As I am libertarian minded, that bothered me. However, I'm sure everyone will negative my answer to your question, so I wonder why I bother answering :)
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When does he do that?
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Well... i am not really into economics. Dont think i could hold my own on a deep discussion, but i would like to recommend you watch "zeitgeist: addendum". I think it is a perspective changer ^^
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A completely free economy has never existed, which is probably evidence that it doesn't work. Economic freedom is highly correlated with GDP per capita. I am all too willing to admit that GDP per capita is not median income. I am also willing to admit a large gap between the poorest and wealthiest is correlated with social problems. I do not have enough information on the societal problems of Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, and Chile. They have higher economic freedom.
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free economy isnt a dogma man. It can be challenged. In fact there are a lot of evidences that it doesnt work for human well being in the real world. Watch the Juan's video about Chiapas to see the destruction free market can bring.
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The question is why did it seem normal to the audiences that he speak about that particular kind of event.
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I wish the same
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I wish smart people were actually in charge and not the morons in congress.
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I can't believe he just attacked any semblance of a free economy. That really bothers me.
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did he foresee fukushima there??? 15:15
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Look up
" Rare Earth Mineral Mining in China "
on youtube
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I've searched for the impacts of solar cells, about erbium, and found nothing.
Bio-fuel is definitely not the answer since we're just moving from one scarce material to another, which is why I mentioned the fact that other sources should also be mentioned.
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Except solar creates hundreds of tons of toxic sludge (look up erbium and other stuff you mine for solar cells), biofuel degrades soil at great rate and releases large amounts of methane (more significant GHG than CO2) and geothermal is pretty much experimental at this point.
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Actually I have to stand a bit by the solar guys here...you can use SOEC to make syngas, which can then be used to make either Methane or methanol.
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The rainbow colours on oil are from thin film interference of light. Makes me question his motives considering he probably knows that. I know that he's a venture capitalist and would be looking to increase investment through his talks. Is his heart in the right place?
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its funny how ridiculously outdated what he is saying is just 5 years after he said it. we live in exponential times
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Green revolution; a method of raising yields by pumping more fossil fuels into the food on your table. Works well (if you only care about your monocrops and not, say, bees) while oil production is rising, causes food riots and revolutions once it has peaked... Having said that, using biological methods rather than brute force is valuable, it's just that we need to learn the biological patterns of nature rather than arrogantly trying to better them i.e. using permaculture methods not GMO.
http://www.ted.com Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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he think you can stabilize oil prices? HAH - that'll happen the day the United states has a president that isn't paid for by corporations ;)
monsanto is going to buy up all those companies and their patents and bury them under 6-feet deep of GMO cancer causing / bee killing pesticide
I could have given a more coherent presentation faster without people hearing me gasp for air. It was pretty bad.
Since this presentation, australia has introduced a carbon tax but it will be dumped soon when the conservative party is reelected. It is best to assume a free market.
He favors a government imposed price floor. As I am libertarian minded, that bothered me. However, I'm sure everyone will negative my answer to your question, so I wonder why I bother answering :)
When does he do that?
Well... i am not really into economics. Dont think i could hold my own on a deep discussion, but i would like to recommend you watch "zeitgeist: addendum". I think it is a perspective changer ^^
A completely free economy has never existed, which is probably evidence that it doesn't work. Economic freedom is highly correlated with GDP per capita. I am all too willing to admit that GDP per capita is not median income. I am also willing to admit a large gap between the poorest and wealthiest is correlated with social problems. I do not have enough information on the societal problems of Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, and Chile. They have higher economic freedom.
free economy isnt a dogma man. It can be challenged. In fact there are a lot of evidences that it doesnt work for human well being in the real world. Watch the Juan's video about Chiapas to see the destruction free market can bring.
The question is why did it seem normal to the audiences that he speak about that particular kind of event.
I wish the same
I wish smart people were actually in charge and not the morons in congress.
I can't believe he just attacked any semblance of a free economy. That really bothers me.
did he foresee fukushima there??? 15:15
Look up
" Rare Earth Mineral Mining in China "
on youtube
I've searched for the impacts of solar cells, about erbium, and found nothing.
Bio-fuel is definitely not the answer since we're just moving from one scarce material to another, which is why I mentioned the fact that other sources should also be mentioned.
Except solar creates hundreds of tons of toxic sludge (look up erbium and other stuff you mine for solar cells), biofuel degrades soil at great rate and releases large amounts of methane (more significant GHG than CO2) and geothermal is pretty much experimental at this point.
Actually I have to stand a bit by the solar guys here...you can use SOEC to make syngas, which can then be used to make either Methane or methanol.
The rainbow colours on oil are from thin film interference of light. Makes me question his motives considering he probably knows that. I know that he's a venture capitalist and would be looking to increase investment through his talks. Is his heart in the right place?
its funny how ridiculously outdated what he is saying is just 5 years after he said it. we live in exponential times
Green revolution; a method of raising yields by pumping more fossil fuels into the food on your table. Works well (if you only care about your monocrops and not, say, bees) while oil production is rising, causes food riots and revolutions once it has peaked... Having said that, using biological methods rather than brute force is valuable, it's just that we need to learn the biological patterns of nature rather than arrogantly trying to better them i.e. using permaculture methods not GMO.